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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Develop learning programmes to enhance participation of learners with special needs

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
13643	Develop learning programmes to enhance participation of learners with special needs
ORIGINATOR
SGB Environmental Educators
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 05 - Education, Training and Development			Adult Learning
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	6
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2026-06-30		2029-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

All qualifications for Education, Training and Development (ETD) practitioners are required by law to include unit standards that enable ETD practitioners to accommodate learners with special needs:
This unit standard is for environmental education practitioners who work fairly independently and need to be able to develop learning programmes or systems that take account of learners with special needs.

Work contexts may include environmental education centres, heritage sites, community education projects, environmental health and safety training programmes in industry or environmental projects within government departments or the NGO sector.

A person credited with this unit standard will be able to:

Demonstrate how learning programmes can enhance participation of learners with special needs

Respond appropriately to learners with special needs

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The candidate will be required to demonstrate an FETC or RPL equivalent in order to gain access to the National Diploma in Environmental Education, Training and Development Practice (EETDP) (NQF Level 5) for which this is a core unit standard.

This unit standard assumes competence in a number of EETDP Certificate unit standards at levels 4 and 5, including:

Identify and describe learning processes

Identify and support learners with special needs

Demonstrate knowledge of environmental education goals, principles and methods and their appropriateness in different contexts

Select, plan and adapt a contextually-relevant environmental learning programme

Implement and evaluate an environmental learning programme

The candidate should work towards this unit standard concurrently with the following unit standards from the Level 5 Diploma in EETDP:

Design, organise and improve an original environmental learning programme

Manage a learning environment appropriately for a learner group

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

Unit standard: Identify and support learners with special needs provided candidates with an awareness of and sensitivity to learners with special needs, and prepared them to be able to support such learners during learning events. This unit standard requires candidates to develop learning programmes and systems that acknowledge learners with special needs.

Environmental education practitioners should be aware of learners with special physical, health, cognitive, emotional and economic needs.

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Demonstrate how learning programmes can enhance participation of learners with special needs

OUTCOME RANGE

Consider about five situations of special needs including physical, health, cognitive, emotional or economic needs.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1. The candidate demonstrates knowledge of a range of special needs requiring attention during the development of environmental learning programmes.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2. The candidate evaluates a range of learning programmes and points out strengths and weaknesses in terms of learners with special needs.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

3. The candidate describes and demonstrates how to modify learning programmes to enable learners with particular special needs to participate.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Design of learning programmes, resource materials, trails and routes; choice of activities, examples and language; timing and duration of programme, etc.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Respond appropriately to learners with special needs

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

1. The candidate describes and demonstrates appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to learners with a range of special needs.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

2. The candidate modifies actions, arrangements, learning programmes and materials to enable learners with particular special needs to participate.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

This Unit Standard will be assessed by an assessor and moderated by a moderator, registered with the relevant accredited ETQA responsible for the quality assurance of this Unit Standard.

Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this Unit Standard must be accredited as a provider through the appropriate quality assuring ETQA, or Learning Programme approval with an ETQA that has a Memorandum of Understanding with the quality assuring ETQA.

Verification (external moderation) of assessment and moderation by the provider, will be conducted by the relevant quality assuring ETQA according to the moderation guidelines in the relevant Qualification and the agreed ETQA policy and procedures.

An individual wishing to be assessed through RPL against this Unit Standard, may apply to an assessment agency or provider institution accredited by the relevant quality assuring ETQA, or by an ETQA that has a formal agreement/accreditation with the relevant quality assuring ETQA.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The following essential embedded knowledge will be assessed through assessment of the specific outcomes, in terms of the stipulated assessment criteria. Candidates are unlikely to achieve all the specific outcomes, to the standards described in the assessment criteria, without knowledge of the listed embedded knowledge. For the most part, the possession or lack of this knowledge can be directly inferred from the quality of the candidate's performance.

Range of special needs, symptoms and requirements

Designing a learning programme

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems and make decisions using critical and creative thinking.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

Work effectively with others as members of a team, group, organisation and community.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Organise and manage themselves and their activities responsibly and effectively.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively using visual, symbolic and/or language skills in various modes.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE

Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO CONTRIBUTING

Reflect on and explore a variety of strategies to learn more effectively.

Be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Core	22902	National Diploma: Environmental Education, Training and Development Practice	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	ETDP SETA
Elective	58761	Further Education and Training Certificate: Early Childhood Development	Level 4	NQF Level 04	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	ETDP SETA

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	Accreditation Training Services
2.	Amogelang Marketing and Training
3.	Asakhane ECD Training Centre
4.	Ashley Kriel Skills Development Centre
5.	Avax Training Development
6.	Axolemahle Business Enterprise
7.	B T Group of Companies PTY Ltd
8.	Boikgantsho Consulting Events cc
9.	Bojelong Consultancy Pty Ltd
10.	Boland College
11.	Brainwave Projects 1997 PTY Ltd
12.	Browers Entertainment
13.	BTN Training Pty Ltd
14.	Buffalo City TVET College
15.	Carol Creche
16.	Compass Academy of Learning
17.	Custoda Trust
18.	Damelin Correspondence College (Pty) Ltd
19.	DAPFETC PTY Ltd
20.	Dee s Training PTY LTD
21.	DELTA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE NPC
22.	Dynamic ECD Institute
23.	Early Inspiration
24.	Early Learning Foundation Montessori Teacher Training
25.	Early Learning Resource Unit ELRU
26.	EDU Bless College
27.	Edu Build Institute
28.	Edu P Earl Education For Practitioners in Early Childhood Development
29.	EDUTAK PRE SCHOOL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
30.	Enjo Consultants Pty Ltd
31.	Environment and Language Education Trust
32.	Esigangeni General Trading
33.	False Bay Technical Vocational Education Training College
34.	Faranang Business and Training Solutions PTY LTD
35.	Feed The Babies Fund
36.	Flavius Mareka FET College
37.	Franzos Projects
38.	Future Families Enterprise Pty Ltd
39.	Future Performance Training and Development
40.	Future Teacher Pty Ltd
41.	Giver of Givers Foundation Organisation
42.	Golang Kulani ELC
43.	Grassroots Adult Education and Training Trust
44.	Greater Soweto Association for Early Childhood Development
45.	Gwala Training Services
46.	Hope Academic And Skill Centre
47.	Inclusion support services
48.	Inkwenkwezi Private College Skills Development cc
49.	Institute of Training and Education for Capacity Building
50.	Isibani Skills Academy
51.	Isibani Soluntu
52.	Keletsong Community Training Resource Centre
53.	KELRU
54.	Kez Enterprises and Consulting Pty Ltd
55.	Khanimamba Training And Resource Centre
56.	Khululeka Community Education Centre
57.	KITSO TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
58.	Klein Karoo Resource Centre
59.	Lehlabile Emergency Institute
60.	Lemoha Workplace Solutions And Trading PTY Ltd
61.	Leratham Supply Distribution and Enterprise
62.	Leronsa Trading Enterprise
63.	Lesedi Educare Association
64.	Lesias Educational Services
65.	Little Elephant Training Centre For Early Educationt a LETCEE
66.	LITTLE LEADERS GROUP PTY LTD
67.	Lynne Hobbs cc
68.	Majahd Educational Services Multi Purpose Primary Co operative Limited
69.	Masikhule Early Childhood Development Centre NPC
70.	Maths Centre Incorporating Sciences
71.	MENTORNET PTY LTD
72.	MIDLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
73.	Mod Mosh Projects and Consulting PTY LTD
74.	Motheo Training Institute Trust
75.	Natal Early Learning Resource Unit NPC
76.	Netgrow Training Solutions
77.	Networx for Career Development
78.	New Beginnings Training and Development Organisation
79.	Next Step Academy Pty Ltd
80.	Noni Community Development
81.	Northlink College
82.	Ntataise
83.	Ntataise Lowveld Trust
84.	Orchards Graduate School Pty Ltd
85.	Petra institute of Development PTY Ltd
86.	PMA Holding Pty Ltd
87.	PND Academy of Learning cc
88.	PNJ TRAINING ACADEMY NPC
89.	POPUP Upliftment
90.	Port Elizabeth TVET College
91.	Pro Ed Training
92.	Pro4Kidz Academy
93.	Progressive Training Centre Pty Ltd
94.	Rampadise Education Training Development Centre
95.	Realeboga Bakubung Training and Development Agency
96.	Realeboga Development Services
97.	Regen Institute of Leadership and Management Education
98.	REGIONAL EDUCARE COUNCIL
99.	Retshetse Training Project
100.	Rhuboni
101.	Right 4 u College PTY Ltd
102.	Royalty Edu Home Pty Ltd
103.	Safe and Sound Learning Association
104.	Semase Institute Community Training and Development Pty Ltd
105.	Shiloh Training Pty Ltd
106.	Siphiwosethu Open Development Initiative Corporation
107.	Siragelaphambili Abet Skills Development
108.	Sisazi Consulting
109.	Siyahluma Education Institute PTY Ltd
110.	SIYATHELA EARLY LEARNING ASSOCIATION
111.	Siyathuthuka Nursery School
112.	South African Congress For Early Childhood Development
113.	T Mabuya Associates Pty Ltd
114.	Teachers Learning Centre Pty Ltd
115.	TECHNOFIELD
116.	Tekollo Trading Pty Ltd
117.	Tembe Service Providers
118.	The Iscariota Group Pty Ltd
119.	The Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance
120.	THE SKILLS EXTENSION TRAINING COMPANY
121.	Thukakgaladi Integrated Development Project
122.	THUSANANG TRUST
123.	Thuto Botshabelo Training and Projects Pty Ltd
124.	Tokelo Training Intervention in ECD
125.	TREE
126.	Tshehang Training and Development
127.	Tshepang Educare Trust
128.	Twilight Lehlabile Construction Pty Ltd
129.	Ubuntu Care and Development
130.	UMO LEARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM
131.	Unathi Training
132.	Universal College Outcomes SA
133.	Vuselela TVET College
134.	West Coast TVET College
135.	WESTERN COLLEGE FOR FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
136.	World Wide Education Providers Pty Ltd
137.	Yellow Media Learning Institute Pty Ltd
138.	Zisize Educational Trust
139.	Zuzulwazi Development